Hardware Design Intern: AI-Driven Product Systems

Hp Iq; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Job summary

HP IQ, HP’s AI innovation lab in San Francisco, seeks a hardware design intern to drive mechanical design and integration for complete hardware products from prototype to production. You will collaborate with Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to translate concepts into manufacturable solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, iterative design refinement, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of material science fundamentals including stress-strain relationships, thermal properties, and material selection rationale.
• Proficiency with CAD tools and component placement within constrained form factors.
• Familiarity with tolerance analysis, tolerance stacks, and design for manufacturability principles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Industrial Design to translate product vision into mechanical design, enclosure layout, and form factor feasibility.
• Integrate multiple subsystems (microphone, speaker, antenna, battery, PCB, sensors, buttons) into a cohesive hardware architecture.
• Produce CAD models, component placement studies, and tolerance analysis to guide manufacturing.
• Work with contract manufacturers and vendors to validate design feasibility, manage drawing releases, and troubleshoot production issues.
• Participate in hands-on prototype builds, design validation, and iterative refinement across development cycles.
• Apply design of experiments methodology to validate material selection, assembly processes, and design assumptions.
• Collaborate with Electrical Engineering on PCB layout, flexible PCB integration, and component placement constraints.
• Define assembly processes, fixturing strategies, and datuming schemes to ensure manufacturability.
• Own design documentation including 2D drawings, specifications, and design rationale for internal and vendor communication

Skills

Material science fundamentals

CAD tools

Tolerance analysis

Manufacturing processes

PCB design

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on lab work

Education

Minimum 1-2 years hardware product design

Tools

CAD software

Job description

HP IQ, HP’s AI innovation lab in San Francisco, seeks a hardware design intern to drive mechanical design and integration for complete hardware products from prototype to production. You will collaborate with Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to translate concepts into manufacturable solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, iterative design refinement, and documentation.